Richard Scobie wrote: > Dexter Filmore wrote: >> Assuming one has 6 disks on two controllers and one dies, how does one >> tell the dead one? Which controller/port? > > There are probably more elegant ways, but I use smartctl -a on the > failed drive to find it's serial number and use this to find the > location based on where I installed the drives initially, which I note > in a text file or a label attached to the exterior of the case on > machines with removable drive trays. Same here. I write the last few digits of the serial number on a label and attach it to the drive where it is visible when you open the case. David -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
